On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Andrew Langton wrote:
> Microsoft won't even notice a fine. They probably look on that as the best
> outcome of the case. And while breaking them up would help the dominance of
> one company in all fields, it would only create dominance of lots of related
> companies. People will still use Windows, still use Office, etc etc because
> that's what they already have, that's what people are trained in, and
> practically everyone else uses it too.
No - but what they DID notice was the almost 15% drop in the value of
their shares - you can bet Bill noticed the 10 BILLION dollars it whiped
off his personal net worth.
Microsoft shares are at their lowest point for years - under $90 US each -
and when you consider they were over $120 not so long ago, that's a BIG
drop if you're talking several million shares you own!
The decision can only be good for the open source industry - if nothing
else, as someone else pointed out, Linux and BSD can keep growing without
worrying about being taken over/blasted out of existance while Microsoft
sorts out its legal hassles.
DaZZa
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